LIGHTNING STORM |b. barnes| [2]

CHAPTER 02

THEY ALL STOOD IN THE QUNJET, Natasha speaking to Fury while Tony, Jacqueline, Steve, and Ana watched Loki, who was tied and cuffed to a seat.

"I don't like it." Steve stated to the others, looking back at Loki over his shoulder,

"What? Rock of Ages giving up so easily?" Tony asked,

"I don't remember it being ever that easy. This guy packs a wallop." Steve replied and Ana nodded, agreeing with the super-soldier. 

"Are you saying he gave up too easily?" Jacqueline asked, "Like... he wanted to be caught?"

"Most likely." Ana responded. She didn't trust the Asgardian one bit. She had the feeling he could've gotten away if he truly wanted to.

"Still, you are pretty spry, for an older fellow. What's your thing? Pilates?" Tony asked, looking at Steve, 

"What?" Ananya rolled her eyes and sat down across from Loki and he watched her,

"It's like callisthenics. You might have missed a couple of things, you know, doing time as a Capsicle." Tony continued,

Steve faced Tony and puffed his chest out a little, "Fury didn't tell me was calling you in."

"Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you." Tony replied.

"Guys, can this wait until later? I'd rather only worry about Hot Topic over here rather than making sure you two don't cause a ruckus." Jacqueline stated before thunder and lightning nearly hit the jet, making it shake violently.

"Where's this coming from?" Natasha asked before turning to look at Ana, "This isn't you, is it?"

"No." Ana answered, staring at Loki as more thunder rumbled, "What's the matter? Scared of a little lightning?"

"I'm not overly fond of what follows." He answered, looking out the window.

Something landed on the jet, making the two standing men stumble. Tony puts on his helmet while Steve grabbed his shield. Ana stood in front of Loki, grabbing her daggers. A blonde man wearing armor and a red cape opened the ramp, 

Ana threw a dagger as he approached her and Loki, but he dodged it. He pushed Ana to the side and grabbed Loki by the throat before flying out. "Now there's that guy." Tony commented,

"Another Asgardian?" Ana asked as she sat up and rubbed her shoulder,

"Think the guy's a friendly?" Steve asked,

"Didn't really seem like it." Jacquelyn stated,

"Doesn't matter. If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." Tony said before getting ready to jump off the jet to chase the Asgardian,

"Stark, we need a plan of attack!" Steve yelled,

"I have a plan. Attack." Tony replied before jumping.

Steve sighed before going over to grab a parachute, "I'd sit this one out, Cap." Natasha said,

"I don't see how I can." Steve replied as he put the parachute on,

"These guys come from legends, they're basically gods." The redhead explained,

"There's only one God, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that." Steve said before jumping.

Ana quickly stood up and grabbed the last remaining parachute and putting it on. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Natasha asked,

Ana shrugged, "Time to show them what I'm made of." She said before jumping. She landed right after Steve and followed him towards where Tony and the Asgardian were fighting. Steve stopped them by throwing the shield and it ricochets off the two.

"Hey! That's enough!" He said before jumping down and looked over at the Asgardian, "Now, I don't know what you plan on doing here."

"I've come here to put an end to Loki's schemes!" The blonde answered.

"Then prove it! Put the hammer down." Steve ordered.

"Um, yeah, no! Bad call! He loves his hammer!" Tony yelled before the blonde hit him with his large hammer,

"You want me to put the hammer down?" He yelled, raising his hammer and summoned lightning. 

Ana jumped in front of Steve as the Asgardian aimed the hammer at the two and shot the lightning at them. Ana held her hands out and adsorbed the lightning before shooting it back into the sky,

"Are we done here?" She panted, looking at the boys who stared back in shock, "Good."